Family Medicine Residency - Houston Methodist San Jacinto Hospital

The best of both worlds awaits you at Houston Methodist when you join our San Jacinto Family Medicine Residency program. Our family medicine physicians and faculty act as role models and residents are exposed to a variety and wide range of patient demographics, procedures and consultations, when clinically indicated. Houston Methodist’s dedication to innovation and education ensures that the family medicine residency program is continually evolving and growing to ensure our residents become truly excellent family doctors, while caring for the community at large. We invite you to begin your family medicine journey in our unique environment.

Program Overview
We strive to ensure that our Family Medicine Residency program provides residents with the knowledge and commitment to provide patients with the utmost respect and the best care available. Houston Methodist instills the following capabilities and goals in our residents:

Work in an environment conducive to excellence in education and training in family medicine

Educate leaders in providing quality patient care and community service

Encourage professional and personal health, growth and development

Honor diversity, autonomy and creativity as personal and collective strengths

Program Highlights
The Houston Methodist San Jacinto Family Medicine Residency program offers residents a unique opportunity to be part of something that will expand your knowledge base and your dedication to professional and personal development. Highlights from our program are listed below and serve to provide insight into the exciting opportunities that await you.

We are a community-based residency, affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine.

This is the only residency at Houston Methodist San Jacinto Hospital, part of the leading hospital system of Houston Methodist.

Residents have access to patients and procedures across all parts of the hospital.

Family medicine enjoys an excellent relationship and works collaboratively with the hospital’s administration.

The Family Medicine Clinic is a federally-qualified health care center operated by Legacy Community Health, with a wide range of services for patients in the Houston community:

Extensive access to pediatric patient encounters

Opportunity for building a continuity-panel of patients, including prenatal patients

A robust electronic health record system, Centricity, with a soon-to-be implemented patient-portal

We enjoy especially good relationships with the teaching obstetricians and pediatricians, offering a chance to perform deliveries.

Residents have input on call-schedule created by chief residents.

Graduated autonomy with many interesting elective opportunities.

Baytown, just 30 minutes from Houston, is a city with a population larger than Galveston and the cost of living is lower than Houston.